On Sat, 25 Jun 2016 06:46:37 -0400 "jonetsu@xxxxxxxxxxxx" <jonetsu@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, 24 Jun 2016 05:19:22 +0200 > fred <f.rech@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Maybe you have something to say about the fashion to tune A to 442 Hz? > > Er, that would be 432Hz. The 'universal' frequency. See on youtube, > there are tons of adaptations, from Mozart, Chopin, Beethoven to native > american indians, to Phil Collins, David Bowie and Rammstein. Including > of course the mandatory 'om' chants and reggae music > > Maybe one of these days I'll try tuning everything down to 432Hz. > > Interestingly enough, 440Hz was adopted relatively recently. As a matter of interest, when I was a wee lad, we had an old wood-framed piano at home. This couldn't be tuned to 'modern' concert pitch and hanging on a hook inside was a tuning fork marked 'C' 256 c/s (cycles per second). The keys were genuine ivory, quite yellowed with age, and well worn too, with finger shaped groves in the front lip of the most played ones. -- Will J Godfrey http://www.musically.me.uk Say you have a poem and I have a tune. Exchange them and we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
